clothe

Example Sentences

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Happ, who spends several weeks a year helping feed and clothe the poor in Uganda, was an ideal representative for ADF to take on the banking industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 18, 2025

"In the cost of living crisis, people have struggled to feed and clothe their children," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

“He clothed my children where I couldn’t clothe them. He fed them where I couldn’t … Not a penny left my pocket.”

From Washington Times • May 25, 2023

Even though the nation’s steel companies were enormously profitable, their workers were paid wages so low they could barely afford to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler